Kristen Martin
@kwistent.bsky.social
Author of THE SUN WON'T COME OUT TOMORROW, out now from Bold Type / critic with words in NYRB, NYT Mag, WaPo, The New Republic, and elsewhere / member Freelance Solidarity Project and National Book Critics Circle / Philly / kristenmartin.net
Nope, 100% Italian! Her parents were immigrants. Though, she married an Irish American and it's possible she got it from his family
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Nope, 100% Italian! Her parents were immigrants. Though, she married an Irish American and it's possible she got it from his family
And she was from Brooklyn and lived in NY her whole life so not just a midwestern thing!
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
And she was from Brooklyn and lived in NY her whole life so not just a midwestern thing!
My grandma always did celery and olives! (Today would have been her 101st birthday!)
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My grandma always did celery and olives! (Today would have been her 101st birthday!)
Reposted by Kristen Martin
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November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
And happy for any opportunity to highlight your wonderful and important book!
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
And happy for any opportunity to highlight your wonderful and important book!
I am not responsible for that last one!! lol
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I am not responsible for that last one!! lol
Reposted by Kristen Martin
Huge thanks to @kwistent.bsky.social for her incredibly generous words.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Huge thanks to @kwistent.bsky.social for her incredibly generous words.
You can see the rest of the nonfiction list—including amazing books by @imaniperry.bsky.social, Julian Brave Noisecat, @bridgetgillard.bsky.social, Haley Cohen Gilliland, and many others—here:
You can see the rest of the nonfiction list—including amazing books by @imaniperry.bsky.social, Julian Brave Noisecat, @bridgetgillard.bsky.social, Haley Cohen Gilliland, and many others—here:
Worse: they don’t believe in germ theory!
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Worse: they don’t believe in germ theory!
Also going to need a separate article about how the founder's mother was an ob-gyn
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Also going to need a separate article about how the founder's mother was an ob-gyn